All trimester we have been looking forward to having a man named Recie Saunders come and teach. This last week he was finally here. Recie is part of an Itinerate Ministry Team and teaches all around the world. He arrived in Vancouver on the 28th of February and left on the 2nd of March While he was here, he talked a lot about prophet evangelism and what that looks like.He told us not to go into evangelism with an agenda but with love. “Ask God to break your heart for the things that break His heart,” says Recie. “Also remember that Jesus is the Lord of the Harvest and it’s not our job to get people to change their minds or get them to the point of saying the sinner’s prayer.”
In the past the church has gotten a bad reputation for being judgmental and abrasive when it comes to evangelism. Many well meaning Christians have given Christianity a bad name by condemning people in the name of God. Since many people of the world have experienced a harsh form of evangelism, if we tell them that we are Christians or say words like ‘God’ or ‘Bible’ they put up walls and won’t listen to what we have to say.
Recie taught us to use regular language rather than Christian lingo while giving prophetic words on the street so people will stay open to us. For example saying “good things are coming your way” rather than “you are blessed”, or using ‘the Great Spirit’ rather than ‘God’ or the ‘Holy Spirit’.
Friday afternoon all the interns hit the streets of Granville Island to practice dream interpretation and giving ‘spiritual readings’ on people. It was raining a little but that stopped no one. We split into groups of three and walked up to people and asked them if we could interpret their dream or give them an ‘encouraging word’ or a ‘spiritual reading’. The people we talked to were very open to what we had to say and felt encouraged by what was said to them.
Recie also spoke to us about healing the land. This is very important because when the land is defiled it also defiles the people who come on it.
The Bible states four things that defile the land:
1. Idolatry-Jeremiah 16:18
2. Immorality-Leviticus 18:22-26
3. Broken Covenant-Isaiah 24
4. Innocent Bloodshed-Numbers 35:33
All over North America the land is scarred by broken treaties that our governments made with the First Nations people and with their innocent blood. The only thing that will make the land clean again is our repentance to the First Nations (2nd Chronicles 7:14).
Friday morning Recie talked about lucid dreaming. Lucid dreaming is when you know you are dreaming and can change the dream. This type of dreaming is very powerful because when you are sleeping you are in the spiritual realm and your spirit can do anything. Changing the direction of your dream can change the direction of your life.
It was really good to learn and experience what evangelism is really all about. All of us benefited from learning about lucid dreaming and healing the land. Recie challenged us to take risks and to love like Jesus did.
~Hannah Stinton
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